self-defeating
bad faith
intended
shoot oneself in the foot
abandonment
purposeful
nonachievement
counteract
nonaccomplishment
be out for
goalodicy
punt
power trip
hara-kiri
uroboric
self-abnegation
like turkeys voting for Christmas
pretense
self-sabotage
purposefulness
advantage
look out for number one
vengefulness
vindictiveness
self-destruct
bamboozle
retaliate
purposive
self-destroy
bend
account for
sharp elbows
unburdening
snow
goal-directed
pull the wool over someone's eyes
hamstring
play false
lead by the nose
get it out of my system
under one's own steam
self-seeking
revenge
avenge
hoodwink
rational egoism
stubbornness
be one's own worst enemy
endeavoring
sacrificeable
obstinacy
bullheadedness
self-will
obstinance
pigheadedness
numero uno
self-acting
lulz
on one's own account
self-annihilate
unpurposefulness
tergiversation
purposing
self-control
come the raw prawn
self-deletion
sell out
revengeful
felo-de-se
vindictive
beating
reabandonment
self-ordination
self-protection
tie someone's hands
entification
betrayal
vengeful
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
devil take the hindmost
whipping
self-defense
self-defence
take down
scopulate
overthrowal
self-renunciation
deinstrumentalize
selfsustained
interject
by-view
conflict
prosopon
scratch one's own itch
help oneself
threat

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